SRINAGAR: In Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK), Indian troops martyred 237 Kashmiris during the last 13-month military siege.
A report released by the Research Section of Kashmir Media Service disclosed that the unrelenting military siege imposed by the Indian government since August 05, 2019, has made life hell for the residents of the valley.
Indian forces martyred 237 Kashmiris including five women during the period. The report said that most of the victims were killed by the troops in fake encounters during cordon and search operations in the length and breadth of the territory.
At least 1,482 people were critically injured due to the use of brute force by Indian troops on peaceful demonstrators in the territory, the report added.
“The troops damaged over 954 houses and structures and molested or disgraced 89 women and arrested 13,936 persons including aged women and girls during a cordon and search operations across the occupied territory in the period,” the report maintained.
The report said that the daily life of the Kashmiris has been made miserable since New Delhi illegally abrogated the special status of IIOJK on August 05, 2019.
The move, it added, was aimed at snatching away the identity of the Kashmiris through changing the Muslim-majority status of the occupied territory into a minority.
Senior Hurriyat leaders, Syed Ali Gilani and Mirwaiz Umar Farooq continued to remain under house detention in Srinagar, the report added.
The report pointed out that Indian forces engaged in changing the Muslim majority status of the occupied territory. For this purpose, it has granted domicile certificates to thousands of Indians, it added.
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